Re: diamond viper 770

[Jerome Acks Jr <jracksjr@bellatlantic.net>]

Gert-Jan wrote:
> Hi there
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>  
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> what's all this stuff about xfree86 and xf86setup?? What are these? I 

see http://www.xfree86.org/ for info on XFree86.

> think it's some kind of program that takes care of the video cards in 
> linux. Does debian contain this program ass well? I heard that suse uses 
> something else named
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> SuSE X-Server or something. In the drivers list on your site there is a 
> list of video cards supported by xfree86. my diamond viper 770 doens't 
> appear in that list.
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> but it is not a very new card so i think it should be supported by debian...
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> bye, GJ

I have Diamond Viper 770 and use XFree86 4.1.0 installed from debian 
packages. I normally use the SVGA X-server. Although the Viper 770 isn't 
listed in the supported video cards, is build around the nVidia TNT2 and 
XFree86 has drivers for it.

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Jerome